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speaker boehner all recent days been saying all the right things. it's interesting that today the president didn't really move an inch toward the republicans and speaker boehner had some comments that suggested he is not ready to move towards the president. take a listen thrrvettle are ways to put revenue on the table without increasing tax rates. we have talked about this now for over a year. you could -- there is all kinds of information and data out there. but, getting into the specifics of that at this point would not be conducive to trying to come to an agreement with the white house. >> so the bottom line is that neither side has -- president at his news conference today or john boehner in his conference have gotten into the tough specifics about what's going to happen to taxes, what's going to happen in terms of spending cuts to try to get a big debt cut maybe up to $4 trillion to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. the president is having leaders in both parties here at the white house on friday. that's when they should start hashing all this
speaker boehner all recent days been saying all the right things. it's interesting that today the president didn't really move an inch toward the republicans and speaker boehner had some comments that suggested he is not ready to move towards the president. take a listen thrrvettle are ways to put revenue on the table without increasing tax rates. we have talked about this now for over a year. you could -- there is all kinds of information and data out there. but, getting into the specifics of...
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house speaker john boehner says he believes they can reach a deal. >> i don't think anyone, on either side of the aisle under estimates the difficulty that faces us. but i do think the spirit of cooperation that you've seen over the last week from myself and my team, from democrats across the aisle, from the president, have created an atmosphere where i think that, i'm, i remain optimistic. i was born with a glass half-full. >> what i have told leaders privately as well as publicly, is that we can not afford to extend the bush tax cuts for the wealthy. what we can do is make sure that middle class taxes don't go up. 98% of americans are not going to see their taxes go up. 97% of small businesses are not going to see their taxes go up. if we get that in place, we are actually removing half of the fiscal cliff. martha: doug schoen, former pollster to president bill clinton. monica crowley, radio talk show host. both are fox news contributors and what i'm hearing through both of those quotes we're pretty much where we were the last time that the president and john boehner got together. t
house speaker john boehner says he believes they can reach a deal. >> i don't think anyone, on either side of the aisle under estimates the difficulty that faces us. but i do think the spirit of cooperation that you've seen over the last week from myself and my team, from democrats across the aisle, from the president, have created an atmosphere where i think that, i'm, i remain optimistic. i was born with a glass half-full. >> what i have told leaders privately as well as publicly,...
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that's why boehner is no longer speaker of the house. that's why we have the senate majority. they were saying they had enough of these senators. >> the question of where we are right now is can he get the establishment? these are the same people he called the washington cartel. these are the same people he's -- >> but it's the media's responsibility. >> what is interesting about this of all the many pieces of conventional wisdom completely obliterated by the republican party, one is you have to be well liked in washington in order to prosper in republican primary politics. no. you don't. ted cruz is not only second now but he's also cleaning up in all the shadow campaign delegate selections. but i think there have been other reporting this week including an article in the "new york times" where kelly ann conway who is running one of cruz's super pacs says things are chafrginging. they went from saying i do want to be stabbed or poisoned to maybe he's a regular conservative republican and i can live with that. >> let me bring it back to new york. trump, as we all expected, is
that's why boehner is no longer speaker of the house. that's why we have the senate majority. they were saying they had enough of these senators. >> the question of where we are right now is can he get the establishment? these are the same people he called the washington cartel. these are the same people he's -- >> but it's the media's responsibility. >> what is interesting about this of all the many pieces of conventional wisdom completely obliterated by the republican party,...
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late today, boehner said the president's position is flawed. >> we are not going to hurt our economy an make job creation more difficult. which is exactly what that plan would do. >> letter sent by the u.s. chamber of commerce and signed by 232 organizations calls on the president and congress to immediately extend all the tax cuts and find other cuts to replace sequestration. the president suggested taking a closer look at reforming entitlements without offing details and says he would like to simplify the tax code. mr. obama says he wants congress to act now to extend tax cut for middle class and try to avoid boxing himself in on upcoming negotiation. >> i'm open to come plo mize and new ideas. i have been encouraged for republicans to agree to more revenue as part of the arithmetic if we are serious to reduce deficit. >> the top republican in senate who is a key player in upcoming talks says raising taxes on the upper income americans does not add up. >> you can't raise taxes enough. the argument on whether or not we should raise tax rates on people above $250,000 would have produ
late today, boehner said the president's position is flawed. >> we are not going to hurt our economy an make job creation more difficult. which is exactly what that plan would do. >> letter sent by the u.s. chamber of commerce and signed by 232 organizations calls on the president and congress to immediately extend all the tax cuts and find other cuts to replace sequestration. the president suggested taking a closer look at reforming entitlements without offing details and says he...
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i get it i will get my mind right because i'm not going to buddy breathe with john boehner. you never know when he goes from lee marvin to tammy and starts sobbing openly. i'm not going to be the last guy stuck with this. i get it the country has changed. i'm all reporting for duty, sir. >> bill: so now you are going to tell me that you, dennis miller, are now giving up and are going to get in lock step with the secular progressives? >> have you ever seen the movie invasion of the body snatchers. go dead eye so they don't get hassled? that's me, man. [ laughter ] i got my -- i got my own thoughts when i'm out on the sidewalk dodging the sea pods. you are going to see this look. all right? that's exactly what you are going to see. billy, you think is a glitch. i think is a sea change. i don't think this comes back during my lifetime. i do think it comes back in the same way an alcoholic who has a brush with mortality will eventually come back. somebody will have a stroke or somebody will almost croak from alcohol will poisoning fiscally but maybe then we pull it back. this th
i get it i will get my mind right because i'm not going to buddy breathe with john boehner. you never know when he goes from lee marvin to tammy and starts sobbing openly. i'm not going to be the last guy stuck with this. i get it the country has changed. i'm all reporting for duty, sir. >> bill: so now you are going to tell me that you, dennis miller, are now giving up and are going to get in lock step with the secular progressives? >> have you ever seen the movie invasion of the...
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new exclusive interview with speaker of the house john boehner. usually confident speaker boehner sending a very clear message to his colleagues on capitol hill. good morning, i'm bill hemmer. thank you for being here. good to see you. martha: good morning, everybody. i'm martha maccallum. speaker boehner preparing for the very real scenario, he says, that his party may lose the majority in the house. watch this. >> i would say there is two in three chance we win control of the house again but there is a one in three chance we could lose. i'm being myself frank. we have a big challenge. we have got bjork to do. bill: it does not end there. you will hear the full interview. the speaker said 2012 says it is the most important election in his lifetime. that is coming up here. meanwhile start new -- stark new warnings about the future of social security. new reports that the fund could run dry years before it was thought that is word from the trustees keeping tab on the program. medicaid also in danger. stuart varney of the fox business network crunch
new exclusive interview with speaker of the house john boehner. usually confident speaker boehner sending a very clear message to his colleagues on capitol hill. good morning, i'm bill hemmer. thank you for being here. good to see you. martha: good morning, everybody. i'm martha maccallum. speaker boehner preparing for the very real scenario, he says, that his party may lose the majority in the house. watch this. >> i would say there is two in three chance we win control of the house...
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speaker boehner before the election last week. what he is saying, there is big distinction here now, you can raise revenue but don't touch the tax rates. >> yeah. bill: how would you do that? >> okay, you could do that by cutting some loopholes. obviously, with this new administration, you're not going to get tax rates cut. that was the romney plan, to raise revenues. so you could eliminate some loopholes, deductions, for example, as a way of bringing in more tax revenue. but you're right, bill, there is a key distinction between tax rates and raising revenues by cutting loopholes. bill: give me an example. what would that deduction be? >> suppose you narrow the mortgage interest deduction, just suppose, that is not necessarily on the table, just suppose you did that, millionaires can not deduct all of their mortgage interest. you can't do that. that would be a loophole which you could cut. that is not necessarily on the table but that is an example. bill: go ahead. >> the bottom line is, bill, tax revenues are very likely to go u
speaker boehner before the election last week. what he is saying, there is big distinction here now, you can raise revenue but don't touch the tax rates. >> yeah. bill: how would you do that? >> okay, you could do that by cutting some loopholes. obviously, with this new administration, you're not going to get tax rates cut. that was the romney plan, to raise revenues. so you could eliminate some loopholes, deductions, for example, as a way of bringing in more tax revenue. but you're...
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the increase of the president is double the amount that speaker boehner offered last year and many top republicans say the government should not be raising taxes on everyone. gerri willis is with us, in other than bill kristol said this will not kill us. he pointed out under president reagan taxes on the rich were 50 percent and that was the highest tax rate and we did well. >>gerri: what bill kristol said we would be okay if we raised taxes on people would on the other hand $1 million or more but not specifically addressing what the president said which is raising taxes on people who earn $250,000 or more which is opposed by some democrats here in new york city. >>shepard: no one wants to pay more taxes. what the president is doing he is not saying $250,000, to observers it sounds as if he is ready for compromise. he said he is ready for compromise. >>gerri: and today he met with a dozen corporate leaders from the biggest corporations, walmart, g.e. and chevron, at least six of them in the meeting today have already served on either the president's jobs council or other councils the p
the increase of the president is double the amount that speaker boehner offered last year and many top republicans say the government should not be raising taxes on everyone. gerri willis is with us, in other than bill kristol said this will not kill us. he pointed out under president reagan taxes on the rich were 50 percent and that was the highest tax rate and we did well. >>gerri: what bill kristol said we would be okay if we raised taxes on people would on the other hand $1 million or...
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when house speaker boehner was asked by gerri willis in an exclusive interview about the politics, he immediately pivoted to jobs and the economy and said that is what republican are focused on. they don't want to talk too much about the social issue. >>shepard: and now politics. mitt romney playing defense today on accusations that go back to the high school days. >>reporter: yes, very interesting, "washington post" has an exclusive piece about his prep school days suggest he bullied a couple of gay students, one student where mitt romney was, with others a group of students sort of tackled to kid and cut all of his hair off, a second student, that was a closeted gay student, in the classroom, momalliedly making fun of him saying "that a girl," and he was, the candidate was on fox news radio this morning and apologized. take a listen. >> all i remember that incident, and i tell you i certainly don't believe that i or my, i cannot speak for others, but that was the furthest thing from my mind back in the 1960's anything sexual. in high school, i did some dumb things and if anyone was
when house speaker boehner was asked by gerri willis in an exclusive interview about the politics, he immediately pivoted to jobs and the economy and said that is what republican are focused on. they don't want to talk too much about the social issue. >>shepard: and now politics. mitt romney playing defense today on accusations that go back to the high school days. >>reporter: yes, very interesting, "washington post" has an exclusive piece about his prep school days...
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you heard from speaker john boehner had to do, congress deadlocked over this. one of many issues they are deeply deadlocked over this year. heather: thank you. bill: a little bit of perspective why the job market looks as bad as it does. the number of jobs added has declined for four straight months. the lowest number of jobs in may. heather: the dow dropping at 1 point over 200 points right now it is at 12,221. you see in 30 minutes into trading stocks have been sharply lore as the big board opened. the dow jones futures were already down 100 points before the jobs report came out and then fell an additional 100 points within minutes of its release. bill: a healthcare do over. there is a report from a private meeting with donor that says president obama may have to revise part of his healthcare plan in his second term. steven payne is with us. clarification, two weeks ago, may 14th fund-raiser, this was an event in new york city, and the reports suggests that call all the people that attended had to check their blackberries, iphone at the door. this thing goes
you heard from speaker john boehner had to do, congress deadlocked over this. one of many issues they are deeply deadlocked over this year. heather: thank you. bill: a little bit of perspective why the job market looks as bad as it does. the number of jobs added has declined for four straight months. the lowest number of jobs in may. heather: the dow dropping at 1 point over 200 points right now it is at 12,221. you see in 30 minutes into trading stocks have been sharply lore as the big board...
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speaker boehner is putting debt right on the front burner before the election. making debt one of, if not the key issue in this election. it is the hammer which will force an agreement one way or the other. debt is at the key of the whole ball of wax. bill: it will also force all politicians to show their hand and put their cards on the table before we vote. we'll see which way that goes. stuart, see you 9:15 on fbn. stuart varney there. martha? martha: after months of very tough negotiations and closed doors meetings, they did as you remember, finally arrive at a debt ceiling deal. on august the 2nd the white house and congress agreed to raise the debt ceiling. they will do it in three steps to $2.1 trillion. this is like raising your credit card level what you can spend. that is the 11th time that sort of credit card level has been bumped up and had an increase since 2001 for the federal government. since then the debt increased, listen to this, by an average of $3.7 billion daily every single day. bill: you see the line of red. it continues to go up and up un
speaker boehner is putting debt right on the front burner before the election. making debt one of, if not the key issue in this election. it is the hammer which will force an agreement one way or the other. debt is at the key of the whole ball of wax. bill: it will also force all politicians to show their hand and put their cards on the table before we vote. we'll see which way that goes. stuart, see you 9:15 on fbn. stuart varney there. martha? martha: after months of very tough negotiations...
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veteran john boehner has a big task ahead of him. can the house speaker pull the gop together and try to make a deal with the president on the fiscal cliff as jay leno was talking about. should he? should a deal be made? a fair and balanced debate is coming up. lots of talk how the united states will eventually be world's top oil producer. that is what some say. there are questions why it is taking so long. those stories and breaking news all "happening now." jenna: well, it is a little unbelievable, but there is lot of twists and turns in this scandal we've been following so closely surrounding former cia chief and now others. hi, everybody. glad to have you with us. i'm jenna lee. rick: happy tuesday. i'm rick folbaum in for jon. controversy over the timeline of events over the petraeus investigation with members of congress wanting to know why the fbi didn't notify them and the white house until just recently when it began months ago. that investigation far from over. fbi searching the home of petraeus's alleged mistress, paula br
veteran john boehner has a big task ahead of him. can the house speaker pull the gop together and try to make a deal with the president on the fiscal cliff as jay leno was talking about. should he? should a deal be made? a fair and balanced debate is coming up. lots of talk how the united states will eventually be world's top oil producer. that is what some say. there are questions why it is taking so long. those stories and breaking news all "happening now." jenna: well, it is a...
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hosted by the speaker of the house, john boehner. shep? >> shepard: mike emanuel live on capitol hill. just in to fox news from the o really file? the chief operating officer of the long island power authority or lipa is stepping down in the wake of super storm sandy. this comes on the same day an attorney filed a lawsuit against lipa claiming negligence in the aftermath. and the attorney is seeking class action status potentially including hundreds of thousands of long island customers who, in some cases have had no power for two weeks. the feds say only about 25,000 customers in the storm zone are still in the dark only. certainly a major improvement since just yesterday when the number was three times that. but today as the new york city mayor michael bloomberg pointed out that figure does not include tens of thousands of homes and businesses that are destroyed or too badly damaged for crews even to restore electricity. >> the majority of new yorker who's remain without power do so not because the utilities can't provide power on the st
hosted by the speaker of the house, john boehner. shep? >> shepard: mike emanuel live on capitol hill. just in to fox news from the o really file? the chief operating officer of the long island power authority or lipa is stepping down in the wake of super storm sandy. this comes on the same day an attorney filed a lawsuit against lipa claiming negligence in the aftermath. and the attorney is seeking class action status potentially including hundreds of thousands of long island customers...
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here is speaker of the house john boehner ahead of the debate. >> the house our goal is to cut spending, not to shut down the government. that's why we are going to cr this week and we would hope that the senate would take this bill up and move it quickly. the president on friday agreed that there is no reason to get into some debate about shutting down the government. it's just not a smart thing to do. >> reporter: they are having debate at this hour on the house floor. we expect if all things go as scheduled to have a vote in the next two to two and a half hours or so, and then it will be onto the senate, jenna. jenna: what about the senate? any drama -- i guess that is a loaded question. any drama expected on the senate side regarding the cr, the continuing resolution. >> reporter: the senate may want to finesse a little bit of the domestic spending programs. the house is worried about some of the defense stuff, the senate may be worried about some of the domestic programs. at this point it sounds like everybody wants to get this done ahead of time by march 27th. here is the senate m
here is speaker of the house john boehner ahead of the debate. >> the house our goal is to cut spending, not to shut down the government. that's why we are going to cr this week and we would hope that the senate would take this bill up and move it quickly. the president on friday agreed that there is no reason to get into some debate about shutting down the government. it's just not a smart thing to do. >> reporter: they are having debate at this hour on the house floor. we expect...
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president obama and speaker boehner are sharpening their knives. fair and balanced debate moments away with tucker carlson and alan colmes. arthel: looking forward to it. my new hearing aids instantly changed my life - i feel so much younger. my husband has his confidence back. and he can enjoy the laughter of our grandkids again. i can have fun with my friends again. feeling isolated? ready to reconnect? the aarp hearing care program provided by hearusa can help. call hearusa at ... for a free hearing check-up. plus, receive a free $50 dining card when you get your free hearing check up. aarp members receive a 20% discount on breakthrough hearing aids. call now, and you'll even get a free 3-year supply of hearing aid batteries with your hearing aid purchase- a $100 value. the aarp hearing care program provided by hearusa comes with a 100% satisfaction guarantee. call hearusa at ... and start loving life again, today. arthel: good to see you on this tuesday morning, wednesday morning. the new york newspaper that published names and addresses of peo
president obama and speaker boehner are sharpening their knives. fair and balanced debate moments away with tucker carlson and alan colmes. arthel: looking forward to it. my new hearing aids instantly changed my life - i feel so much younger. my husband has his confidence back. and he can enjoy the laughter of our grandkids again. i can have fun with my friends again. feeling isolated? ready to reconnect? the aarp hearing care program provided by hearusa can help. call hearusa at ... for a free...
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boehner can't control the tea party element in his own house. and we're going to have to start running for president and running for president, pushing a liberal agenda. really from mid-summer, boehner says from labor day of 2011, he was very much running for president, pushing the liberal agenda. he was the protector of the middle class. and it is continued up through his re-election and now we see it in his inaugural address, very little talk about common ground. you know he basically dismissed his republican opposition as absolutism, as name-calling. i think you will see a very aggressive, assert tiff push by this president. in a sense, there is nothing wrong with that. there are other presidents that tried to do the same thing. look at ronald reagan in 1981 said, government isn't the solution, government is the problem. i think this president takes a very different view that government and government programs are the solution. and you will see him try to be just as transformational in his final four years as ronald reagan was. martha: that i
boehner can't control the tea party element in his own house. and we're going to have to start running for president and running for president, pushing a liberal agenda. really from mid-summer, boehner says from labor day of 2011, he was very much running for president, pushing the liberal agenda. he was the protector of the middle class. and it is continued up through his re-election and now we see it in his inaugural address, very little talk about common ground. you know he basically...
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house speaker john boehner delivering his weekly press previousing. he is going to be answering some questions. a lot of big topics on capitol hill. we were talking about sequester a few moments ago. we'll stay close to this. bring you any breaking new developments as they happen, comments that you should here. if you want to listen to the speaker live, you can do so at foxnews.com. jon: an arizona woman accused murdering her ex-boyfriend will not take the stand as we thought she would. the trial will not resume today because the judge is out sick. jodi arias has been testifying in her own defense, describing the victim as a violent abusive sexual deviant. let's bring in the legal panel. arthur aidala, former prosecutor. fred tecce also a former prosecutor. welcome to both of you. >> thanks for having me. jon: we heard the little snippet before the commercial break. talking about tweets she got, i'm sorry, the texts she got very disturbing apparently from her ex-boyfriend. that stuff should be available to the prosecution, arthur. they can bring in th
house speaker john boehner delivering his weekly press previousing. he is going to be answering some questions. a lot of big topics on capitol hill. we were talking about sequester a few moments ago. we'll stay close to this. bring you any breaking new developments as they happen, comments that you should here. if you want to listen to the speaker live, you can do so at foxnews.com. jon: an arizona woman accused murdering her ex-boyfriend will not take the stand as we thought she would. the...
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i think john boehner's plan to bring down spending dollar for dollar makes a lot of sense and i think pat toomey's does. you don't want to cut very things most critical to the u.s. there is lot of garbage spending in government, believe me, bill, when i say that. why would you make the critical spending the first things you're going to cut except just to hold the country hostage. that is what the democrats are threatening. it doesn't make sense. bill: do you think republicans can win on either option? >> if they do it carefully, slowly and comfortably, yes i do think they can win. i think we can get major reform using the debt ceiling, slowly but surely. don't make it a battle all at once. raise the debt ceiling two, three, four months and come back to see what things we can do to make america a better country. debt ceiling is forcing these people to compromise. bill: thank you, art. >> thank you, bill. bill: it will be bloody in washington, d.c. thank you, art out of nashville. >> thank you very much, bill. martha: it was an emergency landing. batteries melting down in midair. now th
i think john boehner's plan to bring down spending dollar for dollar makes a lot of sense and i think pat toomey's does. you don't want to cut very things most critical to the u.s. there is lot of garbage spending in government, believe me, bill, when i say that. why would you make the critical spending the first things you're going to cut except just to hold the country hostage. that is what the democrats are threatening. it doesn't make sense. bill: do you think republicans can win on either...
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just yesterday this is what we heard from the house speaker, john boehner, on the hill. >> if the court does not strike down the entire law, the house will move to repeal what's left of it. obamacare is driving up the cost of health care and making it harder for small businesses to hire new workers. our focus has been the economy, and it will continue to be the economy. bill: wyoming republican senator john barrasso is on his way inside the court on the steps right now. he's also an orthopedic surgeon. senator, good morning to you. >> thanks, bill. bill: three months ago you were inside the court listening to oral arguments. what specifically do you remember from that moment that leads you to believe how the justices may rule on this case? >> i remember the specific quote which was that if they find this mandate is constitutional, it changes the fundamental relationship between the citizens and the government. and that would be a very heavy lift and a heavy case to have to make to change the relationship between the government and its citizens. bill: but as you know, it is difficult to
just yesterday this is what we heard from the house speaker, john boehner, on the hill. >> if the court does not strike down the entire law, the house will move to repeal what's left of it. obamacare is driving up the cost of health care and making it harder for small businesses to hire new workers. our focus has been the economy, and it will continue to be the economy. bill: wyoming republican senator john barrasso is on his way inside the court on the steps right now. he's also an...
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>> well, in an abundance of caution, speaker boehner, eric kantor, our leader, sent a letter to the white house, and attorney general holder, asking them to answer some very basic questions. that's been nearly a month. and i think the speaker is probably going to be sufficiently embarrassed by the fact that the attorney general has also blown him off as they have the subpoena that was issued in october, and i find it totally an embarrassment, i find it totally wrong that the attorney general would just ignore a subpoena. you can't do that in this country and get away with it bill: so what happens now? is there a new deadline? >> well, the attorney general is coming before the house judiciary committee on thursday' our chairman, darrell is. a, there are five of us on the committee, also on judiciary and we have more questions for the attorney general. bill: what happens now? you have more questions, maybe he listens, maybe he responds, maybe he distance. is this thing dying slowly? >> no. it's not going to go away. the attorney general has to answer these questions. remember, bill, brian t
>> well, in an abundance of caution, speaker boehner, eric kantor, our leader, sent a letter to the white house, and attorney general holder, asking them to answer some very basic questions. that's been nearly a month. and i think the speaker is probably going to be sufficiently embarrassed by the fact that the attorney general has also blown him off as they have the subpoena that was issued in october, and i find it totally an embarrassment, i find it totally wrong that the attorney...
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john boehner called out all the senators who have sat still while his house has voted nearly three dozen times to repeal obamacare. >> for those who support repealing this harmful healthcare law we are giving our colleagues in the senate a chance to heed the will of the american people. for those who didn't vote to repeal last time it's a chance for our colleagues to reconsider. >> reporter: a chart is being passed around by some republicans. it shows a new estimate for the cost of the healthcare law's first real decade as being about three times higher than president obama's original estimate. but even if the repeal measure got through the senate president obama has vowed to repeal any -- rather, vowed to veto any repeal measure. martha: that is quite a chart. if the president already has threatened a veto, which you say he has, what do they want congress to do. >> reporter: they want congress to move on. jay carney said the entire repeal process is basically pointless. >> casting these votes again, and again, and again, probably on afternoon once every few weeks does nothing to improve
john boehner called out all the senators who have sat still while his house has voted nearly three dozen times to repeal obamacare. >> for those who support repealing this harmful healthcare law we are giving our colleagues in the senate a chance to heed the will of the american people. for those who didn't vote to repeal last time it's a chance for our colleagues to reconsider. >> reporter: a chart is being passed around by some republicans. it shows a new estimate for the cost of...
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hypothetically speaking, at the end of the day has your husband ever come home and said to you, oh that john boehner, what an idiot. [applause] >> it has never happened. never, never. he is always upbeat particularly about congress. bill: that is the way to answer. mrs. obama did get emotional when she talked about her late father who battled ms. telling dave, don't make me cry. this is not oprah. the supposed to be letterman. martha: she was funny. very good delivery. that was fun last night on letterman. in the meantime we want to get back to this story, troubling new details today on the botched gun-walking operation known as "fast and furious." we are just finding out that the feds had the prime suspect in this case in custody and then they let him go. this is coming from that new document dump right before the weekend. brand new information on that. bill: a gorilla on the loose tracking down a 400-pound animal that escaped the zoo. listen. >> i guess they were trying to get everyone into different buildings. they had suggested we go towards the front of the zoo. @? martha: all right. here is wh
hypothetically speaking, at the end of the day has your husband ever come home and said to you, oh that john boehner, what an idiot. [applause] >> it has never happened. never, never. he is always upbeat particularly about congress. bill: that is the way to answer. mrs. obama did get emotional when she talked about her late father who battled ms. telling dave, don't make me cry. this is not oprah. the supposed to be letterman. martha: she was funny. very good delivery. that was fun last...
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house speaker john boehner told greta van susteren that he believes that deal is simply not enough. he believes taxes shouldn't go up for anybody in this kind of economy. >> the house will not do that. the house will extend all of the existing tax rates, 8% unemployment. we've got 41 months of it. this is not the time, the time to be raising taxes on american small businesses. martha: house republicans are set to pass a bill that extends the bush tax cuts for all as the speaker was talking about but he does not have high hopes for that passing on the senate side. here we are again. >> they say they hope they will take it up, you will pass the bill next week. you have the numbers. that is clear. it will go over to the senate. you don't expect the senate to adopt your bill, do you. >> it doesn't look that way but hope springs eternal. martha: hope springs eternal. without action from congress though all the bush-era tax rates will expire at the end of the year year. that is the fiscal cliff you hear so much about. you wonder why the approval ratings for congress are so low. rick: they
house speaker john boehner told greta van susteren that he believes that deal is simply not enough. he believes taxes shouldn't go up for anybody in this kind of economy. >> the house will not do that. the house will extend all of the existing tax rates, 8% unemployment. we've got 41 months of it. this is not the time, the time to be raising taxes on american small businesses. martha: house republicans are set to pass a bill that extends the bush tax cuts for all as the speaker was...
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work out some kind of deal, and we all followed the machinations that led to the showdown with john boehner and the deal that led it to fall apart in the first place. >> i suspect the president's advisers may have been surprised when he said that. i think it's one of those things that seemed like the right thing to say at the time though clearly the president can't back that up with the reality of what has to happen now to cutting the military across the board and making other across-the-board cuts at nih and other places just because we don't have the courage to go in or the leadership to go in and say here's something we need to eliminate, here's something we need to keep doing at the level that we're doing it today. martha: you're on the intel committee. were you surprised there wasn't more on libya, and were you sort of, you know, looking at your tv like i think many folks were and wanting governor romney to come out a little more forcefully with questions and probing on the libya issue? >> well, i was. i thought that there was a big unanswered question, in fact, there was a wrongly-ans
work out some kind of deal, and we all followed the machinations that led to the showdown with john boehner and the deal that led it to fall apart in the first place. >> i suspect the president's advisers may have been surprised when he said that. i think it's one of those things that seemed like the right thing to say at the time though clearly the president can't back that up with the reality of what has to happen now to cutting the military across the board and making other...
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. >> the president shaking hands with house speaker john boehner, there you see, and the majority leader cantor and nancy pelosi as well as the senate majority harry reid welcoming him to the capitol. there you see the west front of the u.s. capitol and the familiar part of the inaugural ceremony where the president will be sworn n. there you see former president clinton and the current secretary of state hillary clinton. >> we are only expecting two former presidents to be here today, bill clinton and jimmy carter. president carter already came out but george h.w. bush still recovering from a recent illness and george w. bush and laura bush sending their regrets and wishing the first family all the best on this special day, and their family. >> all of the dignitaries come down, they are seated, then the families will be announced and seated. the biden family announced and seated, just after 11:00 in ten minutes. then the obama family will be announced and seated. and then you'll have the ceremonial announcement of the first laid doe and dr. biden as well. megyn: bill clinton has done th
. >> the president shaking hands with house speaker john boehner, there you see, and the majority leader cantor and nancy pelosi as well as the senate majority harry reid welcoming him to the capitol. there you see the west front of the u.s. capitol and the familiar part of the inaugural ceremony where the president will be sworn n. there you see former president clinton and the current secretary of state hillary clinton. >> we are only expecting two former presidents to be here...
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and i'm waiting for john boehner to do his job and whether or not he's going to give me the go ahead on this. right? >> you have to be sympathetic to darrell issa somewhat. he has been trying to get these answers and documents and at ever turn the administration is saying, we didn't know about it in washington, and changing their story, again and again and again, he's not getting the answers he needs. martha: the administration feels that time is on their side in this one they would like to see it handled through their own investigation that may drag out until after the election. steve hayes thank you very much. bill: there are new developments into the leaks of national security secrets. senator john mccain said, quote americans should be deeply disturbed by classified release of intel. and he says the blame should be on the white house. >> i don't think it's a any dout that it came from the administration. we need to find out who and what as best we can, and a special council is obviously the way to do it. >> does the buck stop with the president? >> i think all presidents have tha
and i'm waiting for john boehner to do his job and whether or not he's going to give me the go ahead on this. right? >> you have to be sympathetic to darrell issa somewhat. he has been trying to get these answers and documents and at ever turn the administration is saying, we didn't know about it in washington, and changing their story, again and again and again, he's not getting the answers he needs. martha: the administration feels that time is on their side in this one they would like...
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sources say he would not have taken the step without the votes other support of house speaker john boehner. moment ago we heard from ranking democrat cummings. he called his a partisan witch hunt. bottom line, you have two trains, one track, collision course next week. we'll get a feeling for this political fight. megyn: here is a little context for you. since 1975, 12 cabinet level or senior officials have been cited for contempt. that hasn't yet happened, for failure to produce subpoenaed document. that includes only one attorney general. janet reno became the first and only attorney general cited for contempt after refusing to turn over department of justice memos. she was seen ad over her failure appoint an independent counsel to investigate campaign fundraising abuses in 1996. three federal agents shot while serving warrants as part of an ongoing investigation. those agents from immigration and customs enforcement or i.c.e., we are told none of them have life-threatening injuries. the gunshots erupting early this morning in a san francisco bay area neighborhood. a suspect is now in cu
sources say he would not have taken the step without the votes other support of house speaker john boehner. moment ago we heard from ranking democrat cummings. he called his a partisan witch hunt. bottom line, you have two trains, one track, collision course next week. we'll get a feeling for this political fight. megyn: here is a little context for you. since 1975, 12 cabinet level or senior officials have been cited for contempt. that hasn't yet happened, for failure to produce subpoenaed...
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whether it will be enough to pass it through the house of representatives -- i think john boehner would be reluctant having brought up a bill that didn't have a majority of his caucus behind it in the recent struggle over the fiscal cliff, he would be i would expect hesitant to do that again. so -- and it would be hard i suspect to round up enough republican votes so you'd have a majority of them in addition to whatever democratic support you'd have. you might be able to work it out. you can see how the president can win anyway. bill: laying those traps, in your first answer. >> reporter: he seems to like that. bill: gun control will come up, certainly. the implementation of obamacare will come up, perhaps. the debt ceiling and the battle over that that will play out over the next 60 days. it strikes me that if you do not put the economy on a firmer foundation none of this means anything, does it. >> reporter: you know, bill, you would think so. i think that one of the things that's happened here is because the economy did not really recover in the way we accustomed to before the 2012 e
whether it will be enough to pass it through the house of representatives -- i think john boehner would be reluctant having brought up a bill that didn't have a majority of his caucus behind it in the recent struggle over the fiscal cliff, he would be i would expect hesitant to do that again. so -- and it would be hard i suspect to round up enough republican votes so you'd have a majority of them in addition to whatever democratic support you'd have. you might be able to work it out. you can...
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martha: major challenges ahead for congress over the next seven weeks, what house speaker john boehner faces as he tries to unify a deeply divided republican party, and all over congress they are deeply divided. he's trying to find compromise with the president before the country's finances go over the fiscal cliff. my credit card rewards are easy to remember. with the bankamericard cash wards credit card, i earn 1% cash back everywhere, every time. [ both ] 2% back on groceries. [ all ] 3% on gas! no hoops to jump through. i earn more cash back on the things i buy most. [ woman in pet store ] it's as easy as... [ all ] one! -two. -[ all ] three! [ male announcer ] the bankamericard cash rewards credit card. now is a good time to think about your options. are you looking for a plan that really meets your needs and your budget? as you probably know, medicare only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, th
martha: major challenges ahead for congress over the next seven weeks, what house speaker john boehner faces as he tries to unify a deeply divided republican party, and all over congress they are deeply divided. he's trying to find compromise with the president before the country's finances go over the fiscal cliff. my credit card rewards are easy to remember. with the bankamericard cash wards credit card, i earn 1% cash back everywhere, every time. [ both ] 2% back on groceries. [ all ] 3% on...
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speaker john boehner and eric cantor issued a statement after the vote late yesterday saying that the full house of representatives would vote next week to hold the attorney general in contempt of congress. they did legal a little wiggle room to say there is still time if he wants to turn over the documents that have been subpoenaed they would give the house oversight committee time to redo -- review them to perhaps resolve this matter. chairman darrell issa of the house oversight committee says the president exerting executive privilege in this matter is over the top. >> so his assertion is about, for example, the atf director sending an e-mail we asked for in which he says, hey, we've got to stop the gun-walking. i read the wiretaps. this is terrible. we have a sworn statement by bipartisan statement, by the former atf director that he sent it but he doesn't have a copy it. that wasn't directed to the president yet they're asserting executive privilege as to that. >> reporter: iowa senator chuck grassley who has been investigating "fast and furious" for the last 18 months was totall
speaker john boehner and eric cantor issued a statement after the vote late yesterday saying that the full house of representatives would vote next week to hold the attorney general in contempt of congress. they did legal a little wiggle room to say there is still time if he wants to turn over the documents that have been subpoenaed they would give the house oversight committee time to redo -- review them to perhaps resolve this matter. chairman darrell issa of the house oversight committee...
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. >> gretchen: nancy pelosi and john boehner criticized the uniforms. the u.s. team defending themselves it's a privately funded team and proud with the partnership who designed the uniforms. those are your headlines. it's kind of a sense of a bigger problem, all these things that are made in china even though it's an american designer. >>> give them to somebody, right now. have them made, you can have them made. >> gretchen: wear a t-shirt that says u.s.a. across it. let's talk about some other things going on like murders and shootings. in chicago, in black and latino communities. >> geraldo: this is related, i backed in to the very serious problem you cite in chicago. i was ride about the hoodie, wasn't i? i got criticized by every pundit in american that tremendous von martin would be alive but he was wearing thug wear and he was wearing the hoodie. we look george zimmerman with the police, he didn't profile him because he was black. he profiled because he was wearing a hoodie and strange kid. he was wearing the same garb by previous perpetrators. so the hea
. >> gretchen: nancy pelosi and john boehner criticized the uniforms. the u.s. team defending themselves it's a privately funded team and proud with the partnership who designed the uniforms. those are your headlines. it's kind of a sense of a bigger problem, all these things that are made in china even though it's an american designer. >>> give them to somebody, right now. have them made, you can have them made. >> gretchen: wear a t-shirt that says u.s.a. across it. let's...
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the grand bargain that went astray twain president obama and boehner was about tax hikes and cuts entitlements. tucker is absolutely right. i was pleased to hear him say it. it is not demonizing the poor laying on the couch in governor christie's language. these are programs that go to middle class americans, children, senior and they're politically popular, bill. it is a big cost for politicians who get reelected saying i'm bringing home the bacon. the same people who complain about this, particularly thinking about tea party folks, are often people hold up a sign, say government get your hands off my medicare. that is ridiculous. bill: tucker, give you the last word here. one more thing christie said. this will not just bankrupt us financially. it will bankrupt us morally. >> i don't think there is any question, a country where the majority of the americans, over 50% receive more from the treasury than they pay in is a country in financial and moral peril. by the way, why didn't christie run for president? a guy, i think america hungers for a person this straightforward, this willing to tell
the grand bargain that went astray twain president obama and boehner was about tax hikes and cuts entitlements. tucker is absolutely right. i was pleased to hear him say it. it is not demonizing the poor laying on the couch in governor christie's language. these are programs that go to middle class americans, children, senior and they're politically popular, bill. it is a big cost for politicians who get reelected saying i'm bringing home the bacon. the same people who complain about this,...
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. >> there's a story on hotair.com where that blogger feels apparently he's heard that speaker boehner would like this all to go away because it's a big distraction for republicans and voters during an election year. >> another thing that's interesting is that even though this is a huge story and that the attorney general could be in contempt of congress today, the network news program at least the one that i watched last night did not touch it. >> not one word. didn't cover it. >> i think i was watching -- actually, i could have been watching one of three. i don't know that any -- >> stossel -- >> i was watching tv land, repeat of rhoda. >> and they covered it. they were all over fast & furious. >> meanwhile, shot to show you. perhaps you can try to figure out who it is is trying to go in cognito. this is very subtle. if you walk down a new york city manhattan street like this, obviously, no one will notice you. >> if you don't want your picture taken, you can either stay in the house or throw a sheet over your house. >> yoko ono saw it and said it was beautiful. apparently that man r
. >> there's a story on hotair.com where that blogger feels apparently he's heard that speaker boehner would like this all to go away because it's a big distraction for republicans and voters during an election year. >> another thing that's interesting is that even though this is a huge story and that the attorney general could be in contempt of congress today, the network news program at least the one that i watched last night did not touch it. >> not one word. didn't cover...
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now, she's been prominent with regard to always standing flanking speaker of the house john boehner when they've been talking about a lot of the important issues that are facing the house. you're familiar seeing her face during interviews as well. >> governor martinez from new mexico. i think those top three would be the main focus if you will. i think a long shot would be the two on the bottom, of course, niki haley. >> why? >> niki haley is not tremendously popular in her own state right now and i think there's too much baggage from iraq and the bush administration comes with rice. just myself. i don't know if -- >> see? i think she has the most gravitas and amazing history and record and experience. not to mention the fact that she could help with the minority vote, i think, so i think condi rice is sort of -- they might be considering her but i don't know anything. >> she was so -- saying i am not doing it. i'm not interested in it. please don't bring up my name again. one that's going to get the job, we all know is chris christie. that's who i agree -- he is not -- >> you want that
now, she's been prominent with regard to always standing flanking speaker of the house john boehner when they've been talking about a lot of the important issues that are facing the house. you're familiar seeing her face during interviews as well. >> governor martinez from new mexico. i think those top three would be the main focus if you will. i think a long shot would be the two on the bottom, of course, niki haley. >> why? >> niki haley is not tremendously popular in her...